Heart Diseases: Screening
Commons · Question 28963 · Tabled 10 Sep 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 18 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Scott Arthur
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a national targeted cardiac screening programme for young people and those with a family history of heart disease.
Answer
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 18 Sep 2026
Further to the answer of 17 July to Question 17975, the UK National Screening Committee is now considering responses to the consultation exercise, and will set out its conclusions in the usual way in due course.On the issue of defibrillator access, I refe...